Nice one. Thanks for the research and for putting the pieces together Judy.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" > <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > Exclusive: 'H&C' Uncovers Bill Ayers Dedications > > Friday, October 31, 2008 > <snip> > > Now the book reads like a manifesto of the Weather > > Underground but the most shocking thing is on the > > dedication page. Mr. Ayers and his band of terrorists > > devote the book to, quote, "all political prisoners > > in the U.S.," and the book then lists about 100 or > > so names. > > > > Among the names they list a U.S. political prisoner, > > Sirhan Sirhan. That's right. This college professor, > > who is just a guy from the neighborhood who never > > meant to hurt anybody, who bombed the Pentagon, the > > Capitol, New York City police headquarters, dedicated > > his book to the man who assassinated Robert F. Kennedy. > > Hannity was 7 years old when RFK was killed and > around 13 when Ayers's book was "published" (in > quotes because it appears to have been privately > printed, which would be why it wasn't in the NY > Public Library). > > He may not recall that at the time, there was a > huge controversy, primarily on the left, about > whether Sirhan Sirhan had shot Kennedy. As with > JFK's assassination, there were all kinds of > conspiracy theories, among them that Sirhan was > a "Manchurian candidate" who had been hypnotized > by people who wanted RFK dead (and there were > all kinds of groups that feared him) and > programmed to be the fall guy for someone else, > who was never identified or captured, who had > actually fired the shots that killed RFK. > > Although he confessed to the crime, Sirhan > claimed he did not remember the shooting. > > That Ayers considered Sirhan a "political > prisoner" indicates that he assumed Sirhan was > actually innocent. > > In other words, Ayers was not *applauding* the > assassination of RFK by including Sirhan in the > list of people to whom the book was dedicated, > but rather condemning the U.S. government for > having convicted him of a crime he did not > commit, presumably to conceal the identity of > the real killer. > > From the next post on this, quoting Bud White: > > > Obama and Ayers, friends and collaborators; > > Obama endorsed Ayers' book, Ayers dedicated > > his book to Sirhan Sirhan, an anti-Israeli > > terrorist and murderer of Bobby Kennedy. > > Yeesh. Obama didn't endorse "Prairie Fire," he > endorsed Ayers's "A Kind and Just Parent: > Children of Juvenile Court," an account of the > U.S. juvenile court system, which was published > in 1997, and most certainly was not dedicated > to Sirhan Sirhan. > > It's impossible White doesn't know this, so you'd > have to call what I just quoted a deliberate > attempt to mislead. >
